The United States and Brazil on Thursday co-hosted a ministerial meeting on the margins of the G20 Foreign Minister Meeting to build momentum to enable the successful deployment of a Multinational Security Support mission to Haiti.
Participants discussed the need to support the Haitian people and the Haitian National Police amid unprecedented levels of gang violence and destabilisation.
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken opened the event and Brazil's Undersecretary for Latin America and the Caribbean Ambassador Gisela Padovan and UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed provided opening remarks.
Representatives from the Governments of Kenya and Haiti gave remarks highlighting the urgent need for robust international support to the mission.
During the event, Jamaica, Benin, Canada, France and Germany also announced financial and personnel commitments to the mission.
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